Datapoint Hausa / The Associative Plural

Language:Hausa
Feature:The Associative Plural by Michael Daniel and Edith Moravcsik
Value:Unique periphrastic associative plural

Notes

a.

su           Mūsā    sundāwō dà sāfe

‘Musa and the others returned in the morning.’

 

b.

su           Mar̃yàm                dà           Jummai                 sunā̀      sôn        rawā

‘Maryam and Jummai et al. like to dance.’

 

 

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